Ruthless Criticism (Summer 2013)
Von webmaster • Juli 19th, 2013 • Kategorie: InternationalRuthless Criticism (Summer 2013):
… is not a commodity!
“Education is not a commodity!” (poster against tuition fees) “Water is a public good, not a commodity!” (petition right2water.eu)
“Health is not a commodity!” (a criticism of health care privatization)
“Housing is not a commodity!” (slogan against gentrification)
Now and then, critical people become annoyed at some point because an important commodity is assigned a price that can no longer be afforded by those in need. It is certainly their mistake that they present their objections against reality as if reality itself would prohibit this high-ranking good from being made a business item. But they have noticed that the purpose of redeeming money with a good in principle excludes the needy from the object of their needs and makes it a condition for overcoming this exclusion. In short, they have noticed the hostility toward needs of the commodity form of goods.
Just ask yourself: for which good would it make sense to be a commodity? Food, maybe, or maybe not? What is actually useless and unimportant enough that it might be a low-key commodity?
